Tagged

Thanks Maggie - So I was "tagged" for 7 things about me... which took me a while to think of... here goes:

1. I was a cheerleader all through high school and some of college. I started cheering at the YMCA when I was in 2nd grade: really cool red and white jumper and knee socks - I wish i had a picture for that one! - and no front teeth. It was great. For some reason though, I don't remember ever actually watching the game.

2. SPeaking of cheering: In 8th grade my math teacher (a hero of mine) introduced me to the movie "Rudy" and I thought from that time that I would go to Notre Dame to cheer. Well... I only made it to Millsaps, but I still root for the Fighting Irish in football season.

3. I'm a really slow driver. I've never gotten a ticket in the 10+ yrs of driving. I've only been in one wreck when a 40+yr old lady - who wanted to dress like she was 16 slammed on her breaks on Lakeland and the front two screws on my front liscense plate barely touched her car - she swore she had whiplash, but insurance was never filed :)

4. I took a belly dancing class once - never used it, but it was kinda fun and a little bit of an ego boost to be in a room of dancing 60 YO women in spandex.

5. I run for my heart (and my family, and my dog, and swimsuit season among other things). Early heart attacks are no good.

6. I have played the piano since I was in 2nd grade and minored in music in college. I tried the cello for a summer before medical school, but ran out of time.

7. Anthony and I met while volunteering at the Jackson Free Clinic. Then he came up to my lab to see me and I managed to stumble through all of my words. He asked me to coffee - like a good Presbyterian boy. I couldn't go because I had some family obligations that in retrospect did sound far fetched, and he thought I was trying to say no. Thankfully - he pursued me!

I tag Adelle J., Elise T., and Jeanann S.

The Melting Pot - 2 yrs later

One of Anthony and my favorite places to eat is the Melting Pot. The first time that we went there was December 2005 for our Honeymoon in Nashville, TN. The next time we went was this past November 2007 in Charlottesville, VA. (We look older, and a little more tired) The one in Nashville is underground and I thought that they were all supposed to be that way, but the one in VA was not. Not only is the food fun to eat, but it really is delicious - I mean really, playing with the food that you eat! How much better can this get? It's on the pricey side for sure, but it's a great once-every-two-years treat. So if i get tired of the medical school thing, I think I'll start a Melting Pot resturaunt. In Charlottesville, it's downtown just off the main square, and faces the rail road track. We got to sit across from the wine case which was also beautiful. I really loved this light. It takes a while to eat the food at the Melting Pot because there are several courses and you cook the food rather than having it cooked for you. If you ever get the chance - I suggest checking it out! (http://www.meltingpot.com/).

pet peeve

So ... despite the fact that these people mean well, I've successfully developed a pet peeve (see cartoon -->). After explaining [because they ask, mind you] what I'm doing and what I'm in school for, and exactly how long it will take me, and what I'm planning to do with all of this learning, they sigh exasperated and ask "Why?" I really thought that telling them what I wanted to do, that would be enough; and we could move on to another conversation topic. I suppose I really don't have a good why and this maybe is the real reason for the newly formed pet peeve. It's not for the money or for the status, I really do like research and I do like people (even more than mice, so i've discovered) and I would like to help people and try to make thier lives easier. In the undeertones of the "Why" is 'your husband is a physician, why don't you just stay home and raise your family?' They do not of course say this, nor am I sure that this is what they mean, I'm probably over reacting and being overly sensitive about the whole subject, because I feel like I do have to defend why I'm doing what I'm doing. I am sure that I would make a terrible house wife - Anthony would be pulling his hair out if all I had to do was stay home all day! We would both go nuts curtosy of my OCD. Ok - that's my rant for the day. Thanks :)

Day at the Reservoir

This is what makes it all worth it! Today Anthony didn't have to work and I only had to go in for a minute this morning. We even got to sleep late (8:30 - amazing!). Then we took our golden retriever, Gabby, to play at the Reservoir. She loved it - as you can see from the pictures. We all played chase and ran all over the place. During the summer, she loves to go swim out there, but we weren't about to let the big dog get wet and then get in the car. I drove and Anthony held her so she could stick her head out the window, but not fall out. She loves letting her hears flap in the wind. After playing until we were all tuckered out, we went by Brewsters Ice Cream shop near our house. The people ice cream is really good and dogs get a "Dog Sundae" which is vainlla ice cream with a milk bone on top. Gabby loved it too and got icecream on her nose. :) She's not spoiled at all really !

After our super day at the res, we had a good and tired dog. (a tired dog is almost always a good dog!) We got to take a family from church dinner and hold their new baby boy and play with thier sweet little girl - what precious children! We then planned to go see the movie Charlie Wilson's war, but we missed the time, and ended up going to see The Bucket List -which is a really good movie. A touching movie about two guys who become frineds because of their illness and then proceed to travel the world to check off things that they want to do before they die. We would definately recommend it. It truely was a wonderful day!

race results

Race stats curtosy of Online Race Results


Mississippi Blues Marathon - Half Marathon

date: Jan 5th, 2008
location: Jackson, MS
Summary
number of finishers: 689
number of females: 377
number of males: 312
average time: 02:23:11

Kim Gannon
bib number: 1145
age: 26
gender: F
overall place: 296 out of 689
division place: 21 out of 63
gender place: 105 out of 377
time: 2:09:39
pace: 9:54

not too shabby for the first one!

MS Blues Marathon

I finished the MS blues 1/2 marathon this morning!
We got to bed decently early last night and were up this morning about 5:00. I picked up two of my friends that live close by and we headed down town. It was cold this morning, but you warm up really quickly, so i wore a long sleeve shirt over a short sleeve shirt, so i could take off the long sleeve when i got too hot (about mile 4). We parked at Woodland Hills Baptist Church and lined up to get ready. I started running with some other girls from school, but i could only keep up with them for the first ~4.5 miles- they were running 9 min miles, and i'm more comfortable closer to a 10 min mile. Jackson turned out to be more hilly than I had imagined - and Anthony and I thought that there were no mountains here! ha! Regardless it was a really good race and i finished in 2hrs 10 min. THey took pictures along the course and at the finish line, so i'm hoping that there will be something posted online. I will post a link or copy pictures on here soon hopefully. They had some good blues music playing at the finish line and at a couple of points along the race. AFterwards the studetns from the MS school of therapeautic massage were giving free massages, and even though i really don't like other people rubbing on me, i took them up on a free leg/knee massage and stretch. we went down the hill and got some cups coffee to warm up, listened to the blues music a little longer, and then headed back toward the house. it was a good morning overall. They did a really great job putting it together and I will definately run it again next year.

now... just gotta decide what to sign up for next!

New Beginnings

So... apparently having a blog is the new cool thing to do. After talking it over, Anthony and I however discovered that neither of us have anything particularly interesting to add to the net community - we don't have kids (except for the furry four legged kind), and our jobs pretty much are the same each day - that we're allowed to disclose thanks to HIPPA anyway. None-the-less, welcome to our blog. We like to travel, so we'll put some pictures up from our vacations and I'll try to post some of my artsy pictures for your viewing pleasure. I suppose if we feel a need to rant about no particular topic, we could post that as well. Anthony and I have a penchant for really cheesy jokes too, so we might add a box for that - we'll just have to see what evolves.
We're looking forward to a great 2008! Hope you and yours had a nice Christmas and a good new year!